# fruit dove
## English
### Alternative forms

* fruit-dove

### Noun

fruit dove (plural fruit doves)
* Any bird of the genus Ptilinopus, in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.
    Synonym: fruit pigeon
    Fruit doves are colorful, frugivorous (fruit-eating) doves found in forests and woodlands throughout Southeast Asia and Oceania. The genus comprises about 50 species, some threatened or already extinct.

#### Derived terms

* atoll fruit dove (Ptilinopus coralensis)
* banded fruit dove (Ptilinopus cinctus)
* beautiful fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)
* black-chinned fruit dove (Ptilinopus leclancheri)
* black-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus)
* blue-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus monacha)
* carunculated fruit dove (Ptilinopus granulifrons)
* claret-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus viridis)
* coroneted fruit dove (Ptilinopus coronulatus)
* cream-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus merrilli)
* crimson-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)
* crimson-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus, Ptilinopus porphyraceus)
* dwarf fruit dove (Ptilinopus nanus)
* ebon purple-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus porphyraceus marshallianus)
* flame-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus marchei)
* Fischer's fruit dove (Ptilinopus fischeri)
* golden fruit dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens)
* grey-green fruit dove (Ptilinopus purpuratus)
* grey-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus hyogaster, Ptilinopus hyogastrus)
* Jambu fruit dove (Ptilinopus jambu)
* knob-billed fruit dove (Ptilinopus insolitus)
* lilac-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus rarotongensis)
* magnificent fruit dove (=wompoo fruit dove)
* Makatea fruit dove (Ptilinopus chalcurus)
* many-coloured fruit dove (Ptilinopus perousii)
* Mariana fruit dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla)
* maroon-chinned fruit dove (Ptilinopus subgularis)
* Mauke fruit dove (†Ptilinopus rarotongensis "byronensis") - extinct
* moustached fruit dove (=red-moustached fruit dove) - extinct
* Negros fruit dove (Ptilinopus arcanus)
* orange-bellied fruit dove (Ptilinopus iozonus)
* orange-fronted fruit dove (Ptilinopus aurantiifrons)
* orange fruit dove (Ptilinopus victor)
* ornate fruit dove (Ptilinopus ornatus)
* Palau fruit dove (Ptilinopus pelewensis)
* pink-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus porphyreus)
* pink-spotted fruit dove (Ptilinopus perlatus)
* Rapa fruit dove (Ptilinopus huttoni)
* red-bellied fruit dove (Ptilinopus greyii)
* red-eared fruit dove (Ptilinopus fischeri)
* red-moustached fruit dove (†Ptilinopus mercierii) - extinct
* red-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus dohertyi)
* rose-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina)
* scarlet-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus bernsteinii)
* scarlet-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus insularis)
* silver-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus richardsii)
* superb fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus)
* Tanna fruit dove (Ptilinopus tannensis)
* Tubuai fruit dove (†Ptilinopus sp.) - extinct
* Wallace's fruit dove (Ptilinopus wallacii)
* whistling fruit dove (Ptilinopus layardi)
* white-bibbed fruit dove (Ptilinopus rivoli)
* white-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii)
* white-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus eugeniae)
* wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)
* yellow-bibbed fruit dove (Ptilinopus solomonensis)
* yellow-breasted fruit dove (Ptilinopus occipitalis)

#### Translations
### Further reading

* fruit dove on Wikipedia.Wikipedia